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Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

Retellings of twenty of Shakespeare's best known plays, using the playwright's own words when possible.

This classic story by Hans Christian Andersen follows two young children, Kai and Gerda, who are best friends and neighbors. When a troll's mirror that reflects the ugliness in all things shatters, Kai gets flecks of the glass in his eyes and heart, which hardens him. He leaves his friend Gerda and his family, and goes off with the Snow Queen, whose two kisses make Kai forget about Gerda and numbs him to the cold. Gerda searches for Kai, but when...

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A girl no bigger than a thumb is stolen by a toad and subsequently has many adventures and makes many animal friends, before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.

This book contains five spine-tingling tales, including the story of a woman who encounters a deadly box full of eyeballs and a boy who watches as a princess takes off her head.

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

Retells the folktale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under a bridge.

A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

After climbing to the top of a huge beanstalk, a boy uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and gain a fortune for himself and his mother.